Winemaking 101: How do you decide when to harvest wine grapes?

How do winegrowers decide it’s time to harvest grapes? Jon Bowen of Domaine Sainte Croix in Corbieres in the Languedoc region in the South of France tells us he tastes a lot of grapes to see their component parts: flesh, berries, seeds and juice. Each will tell him something different and each variety demands different attention.

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Jon sat with Ask a Winemaker in Chicago at Red and White Wines in the spring of 2014.

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